"I didn't say we were doing that," the performer said of the rumors that his band was playing the halftime show. "You said it."

But he did speculate to Billboard about how much an honor it would be to perform the show. See his response to that query after the jump.

"Alongside those cats, it's like, 'Wow, we're in that company?! Oh, man...' he said. "I can't even explain it...And, y'know, we're Americans. Some of those cats weren't even Americans. I love the Rolling Stones. I love U2. I love the Who. I love Prince...but this would be Americans, and new Americans, this generation. When those cats played the Super Bowl, their songs weren't on the Top 40 at that time. So it's like, wow, our songs are on the radio, and we're in that company. That's a sign that tells us where we can go with our career."